1999 FORD F-350 Complaints

1) CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ALWAYS SET & WHEN I TOUCHED THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT ALWAYS STOP. *JB

1)EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE:NOTHING NOTED. 2)FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES:THE STOCK ALLOY FRONT WHEEL ON MY FORD PICKUP HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS AND LOOSES AIR. VISITING MY LOCAL LES SCHWAB TIRE STORE, I WAS ADVISED AND SHOWN WHERE THEY HAD FOUND MULTIPLE CRACKS AND THIS NOW PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT THIS WHEEL CANNOT BE RUN WITH A TUBE OR REPAIRED, BUT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. 3)WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE:THE SPARE TIRE/WHEEL WAS ROTATED IN ITS PLACE. NO LONG TERM REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED AS OF YET. 1999, SUPER DUTY, 4X4, DUALLY, W/7.3 LITER DIESEL - FRONT WHEEL. *NM

I OWNED A 99.5 FORD F350 WITH THE 7.3L DIESEL AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AT AROUND 30K MILES, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHILE TOWING A LOADED TRAILER, THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. THIS LEFT ME WITH NO POWER STEERING AND NO POWER BRAKES OR ABS BRAKES. HAD THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A STEEPER GRADE OR BUSIER TIME OF DAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER, THE TRUCK RESTARTED AND RAN BRIEFLY BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN AGAIN. IT HAD TO BE TOWED AT THAT POINT. THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT FIXING THE TRUCK, WHICH LED TO ANOTHER HIGH SPEED STALL WITH LOSS OF CONTROL, THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE CAM POSITION SENSOR (CPS). I HAD TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM WHEN I HAD IT TOWED THE FIRST TIME. IT SEEMS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG FORD 7.3L DIESEL OWNERS THAT THIS PART FAILS WITHOUT WARNING AT AS EARLY AS 500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MOST OWNERS CARRY A SPARE IN THEIR TRUCKS TO AVOID BEING STRANDED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS AS MORE AND MORE FAMILIES USE THEM AS GROCERY-GETTERS AND/OR THE FAMILY WAGON. A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER OR A DRIVER IN A MORE HAZARDOUS SETTING WOULD NOT HAVE FARED AS WELL AS I DID. I URGE YOU TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AND BRING IT TO LIGHT SO THAT FORD CAN NO LONGER SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG UNTIL PEOPLE GET HURT. AS THESE TRUCKS GET MORE MILES ON THEM THE ODDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY THAT THE CPS WILL FAIL LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE STATE IN MANY INSTANCES. *JB

THE CAM POSITION SENSOR ON MY '99 FORD F-350 W/ 7.3L POWER STROKE IS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY. THESE FAILURES CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN INSTANTLY WITH NO WARNING. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 283 IN PA CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSS STEERING AND BRAKES IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING. ON ONE OTHER OCCASION THIS OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE TURNING DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION WITH A CURB. NO PROPERTY PERSONAL INJURY OCCURRED. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND IN MY OPINION IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

1. LEFT FRONT TIRE ON 1999 FORD F350 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DUALLY WITH 18,800 ODOMETER MILES STARTED TO SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEED APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS BEFORE TIRE BLEW FROM CORD SEPARATION. TIRE HAS ALMOST FULL TREAD DEPTH AS NEW TIRE. IT IS A GENERAL GRABBER TR IN 235/85-R16 SIZE THAT WAS EQUIPPED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THIS VEHICLE. TIRE WAS INFLATED TO MANUFACTURERS SPECIFIED AIR PRESSURE OF 65 PSI. ALL SEVEN TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECENTLY CHECKED (WITHIN THE LAST WEEK) FOR PROPER INFLATION AND ANY ABNORMALITIES. I WAS NOT TOWING A TRAILER. THERE WERE FOUR ADULTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. 2. TIRE BLEW VIOLENTLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE INTO ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME. TIRE REMAINS RUINED FENDER, ABS SYSTEM, BUMPER GUARD, AND INNER FENDER WELL, ALONG WITH WHEEL AND OTHER COMPONENTS BEFORE VEHICLE COULD BE STOPPED FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR. 3. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP HOME APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES USING SPARE TIRE, AND WIRING, FENDER WELL, ETC. OUT OF CONTACT WITH TIRE. I DO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A FORD F350 EXTENDED CAB DUALLY IN 1999. THREE YEARS AGO THE TIRE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE BROKE WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED. SINCE PURCHASE THE SPARE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN USED OR TOUCHED BY ANYONE. RECENTLY, WHEN AT A TIRE SHOP WHILE GETTING TIRES REPLACED AND AN OIL CHANGE THE SERVICEMAN NOTED THERE WAS NO SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CABLE WAS AGAIN BROKEN. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD DEALER, BUT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEY TOO DECLINED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE COULD BREAK ON THESE VEHICLES, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO OTHERS. *AK *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 1999 FORD F350 SUPERDUTY HAS A CRACKED WHEEL ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE THE CRACK IS ABOUT TWELVE INCHES LONG. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED HER LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND FORD, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THERE WERE NO FREE REMEDIES OR RECALLS. THE CONSUMER DID NOT PLAN ON CHANGING THE WHEEL WITH A NEW ONE. THE CONSUMER HAD NO IDEA HOW THE CRACK HAPPENED, NOR DID THE MANUFACTURER. THE CRACK WAS NOTICED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 F350. HAD THE DEALER CHECK THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. COULD NOT TELL THE PART NUMBER,BUT IT WAS THE SAME ONE BEING USED ON THE FORD/BRONCO THAT WAS BEING RECALLED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN 05V388000. IT WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAS THE OLD PART. WOULD LIKE THE F350 MODEL BE ADDED TO THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE PART NUMBER ON THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH THAT THE CONTACT FOUND ON TRUCK. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR JUMPED ALL OVER THE ROAD AND IT WILL NOT STOP. IT BOUNCED AROUND UNCONTROLLABLY. CONTACT NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT IN 1999. THE DEALER TOLD CONTACT THAT IT WAS THE BRAKES ON AND HE HAD BRAKES ON THE CHANGED. BUT, PROBLEM RECURRED AS LONG AS BRAKES WERE ON. WHEN CONTACT HAD THE ABS BRAKES DISCONNECTED PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER TO THE LEFT TOWARD ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A BRAKE JOB WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED THE FIRST TIME. THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ALL THE PARTS WERE FORD PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS BUT THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK